Curtain rail support



l July 2l, 1931. G. F. FR`ENCH CURTAIN RAIL SUPPORT Filed May '7. 1929Patented July 21, 1931 PATENT OFFICE GEORGE FREDERICK FRENCH, FMANCHESTER, ENGLAND CURTAIN RAIL SUPPORT Application :filed May 7, 1929,Serial No. 361,208, and in Great Britain October 26, 1927.

rIhis invention refers to brackets for supporting holeless fiat websection curtain rails;

In the known brackets, the rail is supported by two jaws and a screw,one of the jaws being separable from the other jaw to admit the top edgeof the rail, and being then movable by the screw towards the other aw togrip the rail.

One of the objects of this invention is to dispense with the movable jawand thereby simplify and cheapen the bracket.

A still further object is to provide a onejaw bracket which allows ofthe rail being secured to the bracket, and to the window easement by asingle screw.

A still further object is to provide a onej aw bracket which in one formallows of the rail being secured to it independently of fixing it (thebracket) to the window casement or other support, and in another formAallows of the two operations being effected by a single screw.

Examples of brackets made according to the invention are shown upon theaccompanying drawings, wherein:

Fig. l is a front perspective view of a bracket adapted to be secured tothe window easement or other support by a single long screw, the screwnot being shown.

Fig. 2 is a rear perspective View of the same bracket.

Fig. 3 is a side sectional elevation of the bracket shown in Figs. l and2, and also Y shows a long screw for fixing same.

Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section of a modification of Fig. l.

Referring to Figs. l, 2, and 3, the body part a of the bracket thereinshown is made of sheet metal cut and folded to produce three flat sides,and also to produce a transverse flap and lugs b, b, at one end and aturned down Hap c at the other end. In the front edges of the verticalsides of the body 45 part are recesses CZ collectively forming thesingle jaw aforesaid. The flap c is slightly shorter in length than thedepth of the sides of the body part of the bracket and its bottom edgelies on a level with the top sides of the recesses d. In the flap c is ahole or opening c which may be a complete hole with only a thin portionof metal between it and the bottom edge of the flap, see Fig. 6, or asshown, it may extend through such edge, see Fig. l. Passing through suchhole or opening is the stem of a long screw f, see Fig. 3, the screwedpart passing out through a hole g in the rear of the bracket and intothe window easement when requiring to fix the bracket thereto. That partof each front vertical edge of the body part of the bracket below therecess d stands back from the plane of the upper part to an extent equalto the thickness of the web of the curtain rail to be supported, sceFig. 3.

At the rear of the bracket are small spurs L formed out of the metal atthe time of making the hole for the screw, and on the bracket beingfirst applied to the window h Casement, the spurs project into thewoodworkunder a slight pressure of the hand, and temporarily attach thebracket to the easement.

In proceeding to lix the bracket to the I Casement, the screw f is firstpassed through the bracket and screwed into the Casement a sufficientdistance to support the bracket. The top edge of the curtain rail isthen passed between the front end of the bracket and the screw head, theflange of the rail entering the recesses d, and thus supporting` therail, and the screw then being tightened up until'its head part pressesfirmly against the plain side of the rail, when the bracket it lirmlyfixed to the easement and the rail firmly fixed to the bracket.Siimiltaneousl) with the tightening of the screw, the spurs 71. aredriven home into the Casement, so that the bracket has no tendency torotate with the screw, and so also that, onvafterwards slackening thescrew to release the rail the spurs still hold the bracket to theCasement.

As shown in Fig. 4, spurs may be formed upon the rear face of the flapc, to form a guide for the screw when first inserting same through theho'le in the flap c.

What I claim is:-

l. A bracket for supporting a iiat web section curtain rail, composed ofsheet metal cut and folded to produce an inverted channel-shaped bodypart with a flap at each end and each flap having hole for a screw topass through in iixing the bracket to a window easement, and the flap atthe rear of thebracket having rearwardly*.projecting spurs immediatelysurrounding .the hole, the front vertical edges of the said body part ofthe bracket having a recess at a point immediately below the lower edgeof the flap and that part of each front vertical edge below the recessbeing setbackout of the plane of the upper part of such edge, and a longscrew passing through the' holes -in the flaps and by its head part whentightened up firmly holding the flange of the :top edge of a curtainrail in engagementwith the recess and simultaneously driving all thespurs at the rear end of the bracket into the easement, as set forth.

2. In a bracket for supportingl a iiat web section curtain rail, a bodypart composed of sheetl metal cut and folded to form an invertedchannel-shaped body part and to produce turned down end flaps, kthe flap-at one end having an openingwhich breaks through the lower edge of thella-p, and ,the flap at the other end having a circular -hole andrearwardly projecting spurs immediately surrounding the hole, theverticali edges jat the opposite and front end of the bracket havingrecesses for engagement with :a flange at the topedge of the rail tobesupported, that part of each front vertical-edge being set back out ofthe plane of theupper part, and a screw passing over the rail and-through the flaps and into the easement-:to which the bracket requiresto be fixedk and on said screw beingtightened up. irmly holding by itshead part the flangeaty the top edge of the rail in engagement-'with therecesses in the bracket and simultaneously driving all the spurs at therea-rend of :the bracket into the Casement, as set forth.

3. In a bracket for supporting a flat web section curtain rail, a bodypart composed of sheetmetal cut and folded to forman invertedchannel-shaped body part andv to produce turned down end flaps, the flapat one end having an opening which breaks through the lower edge of theflap andthe edge of which projects into the body part of the bracket inthe form of spurs, while the flap at the other end of the bracket has acircular hole and rearwardly projecting spurs immediately surroundingthe hole, said rear flap being wider' than the body part of the bracketand having a further hole near each end, the vertical edges at theopposite and front end of the bracket having recesses for engagementwith a flange at the top edge of the rail to be supported, and that partof each front vertical edge being set back out of the plane ofthe upperpart, and a screw passing over the rail and. through the flaps and intothe easement to which the bracket requires to be fixed and on said screwbeing tightened up firmly holding by its head part the flange at the topedge of the rail in engagement with the recesses in the rbracket y,andasimultaneously driving all: the spursiatftherrearpendf of the bracketinto the Casement, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my :name tofthis specification.

GEO. F. FRENCH.

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